Where: Tanzania (6.3° S, 38.5° E: paleocoordinates 25.2° S, 17.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite
Collection methods: mechanical
Primary reference: L. R. Cox. 1965. Jurassic Bivalvia and Gastropoda from Tanganyika and Kenya. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Supplement I [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36421: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 29.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Trichites sp. Lhuyd 1760 oyster | |
Trigonia tealei Cox 1937 clam | |
Goniomya literata Sowerby 1819 clam |